Mat rush leaves were used for making baskets. The method followed in the baskets made by Mrs Thelma Carter - the leaves once picked are split down the centre into two and left to dry for 3 or more days. Before being worked they are dampened with water for 24 hrs to render them pliable (Zola & Gott, 1992:59)

Leaf bases and flowers eaten; leaves 'woven into mats and baskets and into bands around an aching limb to relieve pain.' (Fraser & McJannett, 1993:51)